Teslascope

A Teslascope is a radio transceiver that was alleged to have been invented by Nikola Tesla for the purpose of communicating with life on other planets.Carlson, W. Bernard (March 2005), " [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=0004E7E0-D4F5-1212-8F3983414B7F0000 Inventor of Dreams] ", "Scientific American": 85 ] [cite book| last =Aldrich| first =Lisa J.| title =Nikola Tesla and the Taming of Electricity| publisher =Morgan Reynolds Publishing| date =May 31, 2005| location =Greensboro, North Carolina| pages =142-143| id = ISBN 978-1931798464 |oclc= 56194706 ] Even though Tesla talked about “interplanetary communication“ on many occasions, it has never been confirmed that he built such a device.cite web| last =Nelson| first =Robert A.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Communicating with Mars: The Experiments of Tesla & Hodowanec| work =| publisher =Borderland Sciences Research Foundation, Inc| date =1997 | url =http://www.borderlands.com/archives/arch/marscom.htm| format = | doi =| accessdate =2007-05-28] The paranormal device called the Hyperdimensional Oscillator is sometimes associated with this device [" [http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewcolumn.php?id=59 The Hyperdimensional Oscillator] ", "unexplained-mysteries.com": By UM Reviews , Posted on 09.23.05 ] .

Claims

The claim that Tesla created a device called a “Teslascope” grew out of Arthur H. Matthews 1970 book, "The wall of light; Nikola Tesla and the Venusians space ship, the X-12" (OCLC 2094500). [cite web|title =The wall of light; Nikola Tesla and the Venusian’s space ship, the X-12.| publisher =WorldCat| url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/2094500&referer=brief_results| accessdate =2007-04-17] Matthews, who had apprenticed under Tesla at the turn of 20th the century and worked for him until Tesla's death in 1943, wrote that Tesla had designed it in order to communicate with extraterrestrials. Matthews made many other claims, such as Tesla was born on Venus (supposedly told to him by Venusians who visited Matthews in Canada). Matthews also claimed that he built a model of a Teslascope in 1947 after Tesla’s death and operated it successfully, although it is hard to verify such a claim since Matthews left unclear documentation of his accomplishments.

Talking with planets

Tesla had mentioned many times during his career that he thought his inventions such as his Tesla coil, used in the role of a "resonant receiver", could communicate with other planets. In 1896, Tesla told interviewers: [cite book| last =Seifer| first =Marc J.| title =Wizard : the life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius| publisher =Carol Pub.| date =1996| location =Secaucus, New Jersey| pages =157|chapter=Martian Fever (1895-1896)| isbn = 978-1-55-972329-9 | oclc = 33865102]

In 1899 when Nikola Tesla was investigating atmospheric electricity using his receivers in his Colorado Springs lab, Tesla observed repetitive signals of what he believed were Extraterrestrial radio signals that were substantially different from the signals he had noted from storms and Earth noise. Specifically, he later recalled that the signals appeared in groups of one, two, three, and four clicks together. Tesla seemed to think the signals were coming from Mars. Research has suggested that Tesla may have had a misunderstanding of the new technology he was working with, [cite book| last =Spencer| first =John| title =The UFO Encyclopedia| publisher =Avon Books| date =1991| location =New York| isbn = 978-0-38-076887-5| oclc = 26211869 ] or that the signals Tesla observed may have simply been an observation of a natural radio source such as the Jovian plasma torus signals. [cite book| last =Corum| first =Kenneth L.| coauthors =James F. Corum| title =Nikola Tesla and the electrical signals of planetary origin| date =1996| pages =14|url=http://www.teslasociety.com/mars.pdf| oclc = 68193760] In 1901 Tesla said the following about his 1899 Colorado experiment:

In Time magazine’s July 20, 1931 issue celebrating Tesla's 75th birthday Tesla stated:

Notes

References

* cite book
last =Ratzlaff
first =John T.
coauthors =Leland I. Anderson
title =Dr. Nikola Tesla bibliography
publisher =Ragusan Press
date =1979
location =Palo Alto, California
pages =xi
isbn = 978-0-91-866008-4
oclc = 5661579

* cite book
last =Matthews
first =Arthur H.
title =The wall of light; Nikola Tesla and the Venusian space ship, the X-12.
publisher =Health Research
date =1971
location =Mokelumne Hill, California
oclc = 2094500

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